​​​​Puvanan has over 20 years' experience in senior finance leadership roles in Australia, England, India, New Zealand and Singapore.

He has been with Publicis Groupe since 2007, holding various senior positions within the Groupe including eight years with Vivaki, overseeing Starcom Mediavest, ZenithOptimedia and Razorfish Digitas in Australia and India. In 2014 Puvanan moved to Leo Burnett Australia to take the CFO position. He is currently the Publicis Communications ANZ CFO. Publicis Communications is the creative communications hub of Publicis Groupe, bringing together the Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Worldwide, BBH, Marcel, Fallon, MSLGROUP, Prodigious and Digitas networks.